Strategic Sourcing Lead

CAPEX Sourcing Lead

Chicago, IL

Fulltime

The North American Capex Sourcing Lead is responsible for leading strategic sourcing and category management for Capital Expense (CapEx) across U.S. Canada regions in the FMCG/CPG/Manufacturing domain. This role drives cost optimization, service quality, supplier performance, and risk mitigation while ensuring compliance with North America’s regulatory, labor, safety regulations. The position partners with Operations, Facilities, Engineering, Finance, Legal, EHS, and quality stakeholders.

Job Description:

• Ability to lead large sourcing events (RFP, RFQ, RFI) for Capex categories
• Negotiate commercial terms, pricing models, service levels (SLAs), and master service agreements (MSAs)
• Support building sourcing pipelines for the category in the region and helping regional buyers drive sourcing projects.
• Drive continuous improvement, cost reduction, and cost avoidance initiatives with Capex suppliers
• Act as a strategic business partner to Engineering, Operations, EHS, Finance, and HR
• Translate business requirements into sourcing solutions that balance cost, quality, safety, and service continuity
• Provide market intelligence and benchmarking insights to internal stakeholders
• Deliver and report annual cost savings, cost avoidance, and value creation metrics
• Leverage should-cost models, rate benchmarking, and market analytics

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent required from an accredited institution. Will also consider three years of progressive experience in the specialty in lieu of every year of education.
• At least 2 years of relevant work experience in the job description

Preferred Qualifications:

• Approximately 2 years’ experience in handling category management activities in the Capex space
• Professional certification (CPSM, CPSD, CIPS, PMP) preferred
• Exposure in drafting category strategy, sourcing planning, business case creation, sourcing execution and contract closure
• Good client facing & client management skills
• Demonstrated experience with Capex procurement in the U.S. market
• Experience working with national service providers and regional vendors
• Very good communication skills
• Strong customer‑centric mindset (client‑facing experience preferred)
• Transformation mindset with ability to identify improvement opportunities
• Highly organized, proactive, and goal‑oriented
• High integrity, attention to detail, and strong prioritization skills

Note: Applicants for employment in the U.S. must possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa (H1B or otherwise).